Planter attachment



March 15, 1935; v w, w, HALL 2,110,955

PLANTER ATTACHMENT Original Filed June 19, 1936 .2 Sheets-Sheet l Inventor March 15, 1938.

7 Original Fiied June 19, 1936 W. W. HALL BLAN'I'ER ATTACHMENT 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 II /a 7 Inventor l atented Mar. 15, 1938 UNITED STATES PATET Application June 19, 1936, Serial No. 86,160 Renewed November 18, 1937 1 Claim. (01. 111--16) This invention appertains to new and useful improvements in planting and more particularly to improvements in check row planters.

The principal object of the present invention is to provide an attachment for check row planters which is constructed in such a manner as to eliminate the usual trip wire, thus saving considerable time which is at the present required in winding and unwinding this wire.

Another important object of the invention is to provide a. planter attachment of the character stated which is of simple construction and unsusceptible to the development of frequent defects.

These and various other important objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent to the reader of the following specification.

In the drawings: Figure 1 represents a side elevational view of the planter equipped with the attachment.

I Figure 2 represents a fragmentary top plan view of a planter equipped with the attachment.

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the drop rod operating arms and swingable extension therefor.

Figure 4 is a perspective view of the wheel carried trip.

Referring to the drawings wherein like numerals designate like parts, it can be seen in Figure 1, that numeral 5 represents the frame of the n planter on which is mounted one or more seed boxes 6.

ground wheels I and the frame also has a seat 8 upon which the operator can sit.

The ground runners are denoted by numeral 35 9 and the drop rod for operating the seed release is denoted by numeral II].

In carrying out the present invention, the hub II of the wheel I is provided with the trip assembly generally referred to by numeral I2. This 40 assembly consists of a pair of rods I3-I4, one rod being provided with a laterally extending portion i5 at one end, while the opposite end of the other rod is likewise provided with a lateral extension IS. The intermediate portion of the rods are 45 curved outwardly'in a semi-circle as denoted by reference character I1 and adjacent these curved points the rods I3--I4 are clamped together by suitable clamp members I8 which serve to hold the rods to the hub II.

50 Additional clamp rings or retaining members I!) are provided adjacent the outer ends of the rods.

With the trip assembly I2 mounted as shown in Figure 1, the ends I5-I6 protrude outwardly 55 and as the wheel I rotates the same will strike the extension generally referred to by numeral 26 on the arm generally referred to 'by numeral 2 I.

This frame is supported by the usual The arm 2I consists of an. elongated wire member bent upon itself to form an arm, one end of which is secured by the U-clamp 22 to the drop rod It). The other end is wrapped around the bolt 23 which is equipped with a nut 24. The extension generally referred to by numeral 20 is an elongated narrow frame, the side portions of which are provided with a loop 25 closer to one end than the other and through these loops the bolt 23 extends. The extension 20 is therefore free to be swung from the horizontal position shown in Figure 1 to the dotted line position and from there onto the upper portion of the arm so as to retract the elongated portion a of the extension from the path of the lateral extension I5--I6 of the assembly I2. Thus it can be seen that when the longer section of the extension 20 is in the position shown in Figure 1, the same will be struck every half revolution of the wheel 1 by the lateral end portions I5-I 6 of the assembly I2 and thus the seed will be dispensed from the hopper 6.

However, when the machine is to be brought off of the field, the extension can be swung so that the elongated section a is brought to rest 25 upon the arm 2I.

The wheel is provided with a marker 26 thereon which will mark the corn hills.

While the foregoing specification sets forth the invention in specific terms, it is to be under- 30 stood that numerous changes in the shape, size and materials may be resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed hereinafter.

Having described the invention what is claimed as new is:-

In combination, a planter including a seed hopper having a drop rod, a ground-engaging wheel, a pair of juxtaposed rods, each having one of their opposite ends bent laterally, the central portion of each rod being bent outwardly defining oppositely disposed semi-circular portions for the insertion of the hub therein, clamp means adjacent each side of the semi-circular portions for clamping said rods into engagement on said hub, an arm secured to the drop rod and having an extension disposed in the path of said laterally bent portion of said juxtaposed rods, said extension being swingably connected to the arm so that it can be removed from the path of the juxtaposed rods and swung to rest upon the arm, said extension being provided with an abutting portion for disposition against the bottom side of the arm when the extension is in projected position.

WARREN WALTER HALL. 

